Covfefe

from Curious Incidents in Cancel Culture by Chuckie Campbell

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"Covfefe" appears on Chuckie Campbell's EP, Curious Incidents in Cancel Culture. It attempts to encapsulate the sheer absurdity of a world upside down, where the boss of the apprentice becomes president of the United States and navigates the dire terrain of a pandemic, while a nation watches in awe and spectacle as the largest civil rights movement in its history grows legs and comes to fruition. The chorus playfully pivots off of a real-life tweet sent out by Donald Trump, where in a maniac rant he misspelled the word "coverage" when trying to heckle the free press and rile up his political followers.

Photography for cover art done by Kalyn Zank.

lyrics

Chorus 1

Cov Covfefe
Cov Cov Covfefe
Cov Cov Cov Covfefe
Cov Coverage on the TV
You don’t, You don’t want the truth
You want hate and envy,
intriguing entertainment
over info in the evening

Verse 1
I admit it
All my heroes are dead,
crying Jordans,
essential workers
sporting face masks,
avoiding Covid,

Quarantined,
injecting disinfectant,
executive order
Feeling cute,
might flush this toilet paper
down the toilet, aye

Deported at the border, aye
Contagious as the ‘rona, aye
Rogue as a reporter, aye
quoting Joe Rogan, aye

Twitter avatars are covert
Russian decoys
Off they meds like Kanye West
saying slavery’s a….

Trapped inside the dream
of a tortured but “stable genius,”
flames burn apocalyptic:
koalas and eucalyptus

While the boss of the Apprentice
forms pandemic response,
Craig gets fired on a Friday
stealing boxes on his day off
Makes more on unemployment
than the moment he was laid off
exposing just how phony
it can be to work a day job

I ponder just what it would take
to make you see this clearly
New normal isn’t new
You’ve just chosen not to see it
We reach up as we read up,
re-up points of view,
separate what feels good
from what is really true

Chorus 2
Cov Covfefe
Cov Cov Covfefe
Cov Cov Cov Covfefe
Cov Coverage on the TV
You don’t, You don’t want the truth
You want hate and envy,
intriguing entertainment
over info in the evening

credits

from Curious Incidents in Cancel Culture, released July 15, 2020
All songs written and performed by Chuckie Campbell for Sunsets and Silencers Music, Buffalo, NY.

Produced, and mixed at True Blue Recording by Willie Breeding in Nashville, TN.

Mastering by Paul Redel in Los Angeles, CA.

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Chuckie Campbell Buffalo, New York

Chuckie Campbell is an American hip hop artist who lives in Buffalo, NY. Campbell commonly performs with a live band (drums, keys, and a full horn section), to make for a dynamic, powerful, and eclectic approach to hip hop, filled with fluid instrumentation, lush musical arrangements, and heartfelt poetic nuance. ... more